Harbor Sleep vs Babba
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Harbor Sleep
This app provides secure and reliable local communication with a baby monitor and camera. It ensures you stay connected even without internet and offers failsafe notifications for disconnections. Enjoy smart audio features and superior night vision for peace of mind.
- Local, encrypted communication
- Works without internet
- Failsafe disconnection alerts
- Smart audio thresholds
- 2K night vision
- Reduced infrared light
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Use with the Harbor Monitor & Camera Learn more at harbor.co Secure & Reliable While at home, all communication is local and protected by end-to-end encryption. Works With or Without Internet Harbor keeps you connected, even if your Wi-Fi or internet goes down — so you never lose sight of your little one. Failsafe Notifications Get alerts on both your Monitor and Mobile App if your Camera disconnects for any reason. Smart Audio Optional thresholds for sound, motion, and time help reduce unnecessary disturbances. Superior Night Image Streams locally in up to 2K (4MP), while using less infrared light for a gentler night view. https://harbor.co/pages/terms-conditions
Babba
This app allows parents to remotely control a smart baby bottle device, checking its battery and status. It enables scheduling temperature changes for cooling and warming, ideal for nighttime feedings.
- Remote device control
- Check battery status
- View device status
- Schedule cooling/warming
- On-the-go feeding solution
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Babba makes bottle feeding easy - at home, overnight, and on the go. Use the Babba app to remotely control your Babba Cooler + Warmer, choose the warming temperature and monitor it's progress from cold to warm, check the battery level, and get the latest firmware updates. Plus, you can schedule a time for Babba to automatically switch from cooling to warming, so your baby’s bottle can be ready when you need it. Perfect for night feedings!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Harbor Sleep at free against Babba's free with in-app purchases. Harbor Sleep also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (81 vs 13). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Harbor Sleep sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and Babba sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Harbor Sleep against 4.7 for Babba. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Harbor Sleep has 81 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 91% and 92% positive.
Harbor Sleep ships an update every 9 days, Babba every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Harbor Sleep | Babba |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (81 ratings) — better | 4.7 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 81 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Project Monitor, Inc. | Babba Care, Inc. |
Customer experience
Harbor Sleep
Babba
Bugs and requests
Harbor Sleep
Reported bugs
9 issues- Camera randomly removed from network
- Unable to add camera back without tech support
- Tech support is unresponsive
- Update made camera unusable
- Setup process gets stuck in loops
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- Forgets devices randomly
- iPad app only works in portrait mode
- Minor glitch connecting to camera initially
- Video quality slightly off initially
Requested features
1 request- iPad app needs landscape support
Babba
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Harbor Sleep
- Harbor AI7 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Harbor AI - Yearly$119.991 Year
Babba
- Babba Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
